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This slideshow requires JavaScript. UNION, NJ — Well, it lasted for a year. That is the only lead the North has had in this football all-star series, as the South came back in the fourth quarter to edge the North for its first win in seven years. It was an interception at the South 10 on the final play of the game by South safety Khajauan “Peaky” Rosborough, of Atlantic City, that clinched the South’s first triumph since 2018.

2 weeks ago | unionnewsdaily.com | JR Parachini

This slideshow requires JavaScript. UNION COUNTY, NJ — One of the most difficult things in high school sports in the Garden State is winning four games in a row to capture a sectional state championship. The Governor Livingston High School baseball and Arthur L. Johnson High School softball teams can now say that they not only did it this year, but achieved the grand feat for a second straight season. Governor Livingston baseball and Arthur L.

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This slideshow requires JavaScript. UNION, NJ — In a town where lacrosse rules during the spring, another sport is coming on. Girls flag football is here to stay in Summit. Seniors Audrey Pisarra and Rebecca Harris are two of the pioneers. They, along with Summit Coach Frank Harpster, represented the Hilltoppers in the annual NJ Jersey Girls Flag Football All-Star Game at Kean University’s Alumni Stadium in Union on Sunday, June 8. This was the second year Summit had girls flag football.

3 weeks ago | unionnewsdaily.com | JR Parachini

UNION COUNTY, NJ — For the second time, there will be Flag Football and North-South Football at Kean University on Sunday, June 8. Union County will be well-represented in both. The second annual NJ Girls Flag Football Game will commence at noon, followed by the 47th annual Phil Simms North-South High School All-Star Football Classic to kick off at 2:30 p.m. at Kean University’s Alumni Stadium in Union.

3 weeks ago | unionnewsdaily.com | JR Parachini

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Whenever Chris Roof reaches a milestone, his first words to a question about it are “Bill Howard.”Howard was Roof’s head coach when Roof played his baseball at Governor Livingston High School, before graduating in 1992. Roof, 51, has said, time and again, that it was Howard who shaped the player he was on his way to excelling collegiately at Montclair State University. Howard has also been a major influence on how Roof handles his coaching duties.